I love how it's so freakishly engineered just to gain a few knots over a kite's top speed. I mean, great engineering feat, but it also cost $300,000 to build.

I'm excited about this struggle of pilot skill (kiteboarding) against the forward march of pure technology (Sailrocket). Pretty impressive that guys are able to approach the world record and potentially reclaim it with only a board under them and a kite in the sky.